Business
At the recent INMerge Innovation Summit in Baku, a powerful narrative took center stage: Azerbaijan isn’t just keeping pace with the digital future — it’s aiming to lead it.
David Berçin, one of the summit’s keynote voices, painted a bold vision: Baku as the digital finance capital of the South Caucasus. The ingredients are all here — a digitally literate population, robust infrastructure, and a regulatory environment ready for innovation.
But vision alone won’t cut it. Berçin emphasized that a national digital currency must be truly sovereign — not just another card system. It must function offline in low-connectivity environments, and resist dependency on external payment rails.
Over the next decade, the real arenas of competition won’t be who has the most capital — it’ll be who masters AI, secure data systems, and resilient financial infrastructure. Digital trade, identity, and infrastructure will define who controls the future.
As we watch Azerbaijan position itself not just as a regional leader, but as a global node on the “Digital Silk Road,” the possibilities for partnership, innovation, and influence expand greatly.
Let’s stay tuned — this is just the beginning.
